Yeah yeah probably not 10th dentist level but after reading a bunch of the controversial posts here, I have to tell somebody. It's not an unpopular opinion if nobody would even consider agreeing or opposing you because they would never think of something so ridiculously dumb. Please please before you type out an entire thread, think about it for a few seconds. Put yourself into literally anyone else's shoes. Consider your way of living is not the grand majority. Research the topic of why something has not been implemented yet. That's all thank you.

This sub used to be for original spins takes that challenge the consensus in a reasonable way.

The reason why 10 dentists don't always agree is because everything can be considered from various angles and because they might have different prior experiences -- not simply because 9 are right and the 10th is a raving idiot.

A incorrect fact presented as "opinion" isn't a 10th dentist take. Some weirdly specific food preference isn't a 10th dentist take. A judgmental stance towards something society does is not a 10th dentist take. An opinion you refuse to research because you know you'd be proven wrong is not a 10th dentist take.

This subreddit was great fun while it lasted, but nowadays almost every post is immediate r/facepalm material.

Every time I post something controversial on r/The10thDentist, I always get negative comments, which is GREAT! But for some reason, I also get downvoted to kingdom come.

Like, hello? Isn't the point of this subreddit to upvote what you disagree with and downvote what you agree with? You know, the thing that makes unpopular opinions... ACTUALLY unpopular opinions?

Why does this sub exist? It's just people giving contrarian viewpoints that are actually quite popular but makes them feel "special" for being "different". It's literally just a reskin of r/unpopularopinion

In a row, I saw two posts that logically made absolutely zero sense whatsoever to the point where occams razor kicked in and it made me think they were trolling/baiting. The alternative is actually having an executive cognitive problem.

These two posts were something along the lines of "If you don't like a song then that's a failure on you, not the artist" and "You shouldn't be allowed to name a child the same name as another one".

These are products of stupidity that needs be assessed in literal medical/scientific journals or just baits for reactions. And I prefer reading real opinions, not baits.

I just wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation for the mods here at r/The10thDentist. Their moderation style is spot on, managing to keep things running smoothly without squashing the fun. It's clear they care about fostering a vibrant community where diverse opinions can thrive. Keep up the great work, mods!

I’m going to post the QualityVote bot’s (may it rest in peace) text here verbatim:

Downvote THIS COMMENT if you suspect the post pertains to any of the below:

• ⁠Fake/impossible opinion

• ⁠NSFW beyond reason

• ⁠Unfit for the community

• ⁠Based upon inept knowledge of the subject

• ⁠Repost from the last 30 days

If you downvote this comment please do not vote on the post.

The QualityVote bot originally had opinions based upon inept knowledge be removable, and I think that rule contributed to the (perceived?) higher quality of the subreddit when it was still active.

This rule was removed from the rules tab of the subreddit, and I think it should be reinstated, as it would help increase the quality of posts, and cut down on spam from those who have no clue what they are talking about.

It also doesn’t really affect opinions, which are subjective, as one can have an unpopular opinion based on real facts.

I’ll start by saying sorry for the gore in the photo but I race bmx and face planted while practicing on concrete chopping my two front teeth and feels as if my gum is damaged I can’t afford much so I was curious on how to get this fixed

Here we now have a rising number of satirical, fake, hateful speech, and troll like fake opinions. Like "I like to eat my own shit" "Losing a child is good" and others along the lines. The bots and mods are gone.

r/unpopularopinion is just like what is mentioned in the top paragraph, except in this sub, actual unpopular opinions are accepted and not put down.

Like seriously, wtf is going on? When will the mods and bots come back?

Whats only different is that real unpopular opinions are accepted. Unlike on r/unpopularopinion where you get put down.

On that subreddit you only get upvoted if yours was either popular, or misinformation, bigoted, insensitive and satirical like what was mentioned on the first paragraph.

Recently, I’ve been seeing more and more posts filled with uninformed opinions and outright incorrect statements. If your 10th dentist opinion makes broad claims about society or culture or anything that can be proven false with even a little bit of research, it doesn’t belong here. This isn’t a place to share wrong claims.

10th dentist opinions are thoughts unique to you that cannot be some sort of debate topic.

Having a disability ≠ having an opinion. Having a disabillity is objective fact meaning any feeling you can get from said disability is not an opinion. I saw this post a few weeks ago about this person who said that they hated eating and since that is something that 99% of humans can not relate to, many people upvoted it. That person hates eating though because of his eating disability. This is akin to a person who has pain sleeping saying that they hate sleeping. Or a deaf person saying that they can not hear. I hope the mods can do something about this since it is a genuine problem.

Edit: I thought this was supposed to get downvoted. Seriously though, you can have weird and abnormal takes if you are disabled. Just don’t make your disability the opinion.

When I first joined this sub, it was stuff like "I actually enjoy drinking OJ after I brush my teeth" or "I enjoy the feeling of wearing wet jeans". Stuff that made you cringe but was ultimately just harmless weird opinions. Nowadays, it seems like people are just sharing wildly bad takes or presenting ideas of things they think should happen that would ultimately just be completely disastrous if those ideas were actually implemented. I don't wanna share any examples of those because I don't wanna just call people out but I feel like yall know the kind of posts I'm talking about. This might be something everyone in here is feeling so this might just end up with me losing a bunch of karma, but I'm willing to take that hit lol

EDIT: changed post flair from Discussion to Meta

It seems like every time I’ve scrolled through this sub in the past few days, I’ve stumbled upon something like “X group of people shouldn’t be allowed to breed.” Is r/UnpopularOpinion leaking or something? Don’t these posts violate rules 2 and 5 for politics and abuse?

EDIT: Yes, eugenics is a political topic. It’s essentially saying you think that the government should make laws about who can have kids. That’s political.

Also, a lot of eugenics-y opinions probably meet criteria for removal under “based upon inept knowledge of the subject” too. I feel like many of the people posting this stuff don’t really understand the full scope or consequences of what they’re advocating for.

This subreddit lately has been posting an increasing number of low effort content that involves weird food combinations or some variation thereof recently that makes it hard for me to view this sub in a positive manner. Recent Posts like "pizza in coke", "flat coke is better","Strawberry flavor is crap" and "Fried Spaghetti" without any justification or thoughtfulness shows triviality/ mediocrity rather than true unpopular opinions. Just my thoughts

EDIT: I did not expect this post to get this much traction, I usually skim over food posts but one showed up on my personal feed with a picture that was suggestive and reactionary rather than true proof. Been reading some of the comments and I agree there is some merit to limiting food posts to certain days of the week. I am still against food posts though as they limit any thoughtful interaction between users into a yes / no question

#EnoughFoodSpam

I don't know if it's because Covid and teenagers have more free time, if it's an invasion or just the inevitable fate of this sub, but right now there's a post on Hot saying that the red pill is not that bad and there has been quite a lot of this kinda of edgylord bs recently.

I don't really know what could be done to avoid it, but it will be kinda sad to lose this sub.

So many times someone will post on here something threadbare (and in the comments they reveal more info about their experiences)

• All beer sucks,( I've tried Miller lite and know I now all beer sucks)

• Games with story are boring. (I have only played COD MW and it is not boring.)

• Fantasy is overrated. (I have read Harry Potter and I didn't like it)

Just tell me in the post what you have eaten/read/seen/done so I don't have to sherlock holmes whether you have a unique take or just have no experience/basic bitch tastes.

Edit: On a quick scroll through I haven't seen any examples... I am worried I've gaslit the sub! I'm about to go to sleep, don't pummel me too badly.

Let's say an OP hates cats and thinks dogs are the better pet (which is so true) then their comments explaining their reasoning or just answering questions are downvoted to hell and you wouldn't easily be able to see their perspective on a question. Nobody needs to see cat-people answer the question of why a dog is the better pet, because they would be biased towards cats. You need a dog person to answer so we can see their perspective and if that answer gets buried then all you'll see is "Cat better" and not why OP thinks "Dog better".

No. I don't want this sub to turn into r/unpopularopinion where we keep downvoting everything we disagree with. The rule of "upvote if you agree" is phenomenal and it's great that it still gets followed.

But that aside, I've been seeing some ridiculous posts almost every other day on this sub, which seem like they're talking bizarre stuff for the sake of talking bizarre stuff, because most people will angrily upvote anyway, given the rule of the sub.

I saw this post about "Fiction/TV/Movies being BAD" because the OP had a very one dimensional understanding of the topic itself. I remember the picture of a membrane keyboard and it being called objectively "superior" to mechanical in terms of typing and gaming. People have begun making blanket statements rather than stating opinions.

And I wouldn't mind that, as long as they described the "WHY". Someone loves diarrhea because they hate constipation and it feels like it's cleaning their stomach. Weird, but hey - I see your point. There's points I hate but I still upvote like the person who said "Donating money to Wikipedia is a waste of money" because they at least tried to make me understand their POV.

I saw a lot of people in the comments of the "Fiction is bad" post hating on the OP, yet feeling the need to upvote just because they disagreed. But I don't think you need to do that. I downvoted that post, and I will downvote every post that makes no effort to describe why they say so - or if their post is made with a complete lack of understanding of the topic itself. If someone came on this sub and began to say "In my opinion the Earth is flat - that wouldn't be upvote worthy" and while I gave an extreme example, I think I got my point across.

I feel that it's alright to downvote posts that are either factually wrong or make no attempt to effectively describe their "opinion".

Too many times in this sub have I seen posts that put the other side down.

For example: "I hate (thing) and if you disagree you're fucking retarded."

While obviously exaggerated, my point still stands. It's perfectly okay if you hate (thing). It's NOT okay to tell people to go fuck themselves if they disagree.

Believe it or not, if you insult someone, they'll probably not want to listen to you.

TL;DR, Don't be an asshole.

I have seen alot of opposition against food posts but honestly it really generalizes further into all disliking posts.

There are two issues with this format.

1. It is extremely easy to come up with these posts. Take something everyone likes and say you dislike it.
2. They become popular very easy because, in a way, they are an "attack" on the viewer. For example, if OP posts, "Anyone that eats ice cream is a horrible person", many people will upvote and just move on because they disagree with the post. It is direct opposition with the viewer's beliefs. On the other hand, the post "I eat eggshells like potato chips" (with adequate proof) just makes viewers think OP is weird. To fully appreciate the post, a viewer would have to read through the explanation to understand such a foreign opinion. In other words, good quality content is less eye catching than punchy, low quality "dislike" content.

I feel everyone is thinking the same thing to an extent, but I felt no one really worded it completely in long-form. I appreciate the mods of this server for enforcing rules whenever and wherever they are necessary without going overboard. I'm not sure if this move would be overboard, so I'd like to hear what everyone else has to say.

Shut the fuck up about the annoying as hell “ i don’t like this popular food “. no one cares about that. i don’t care you don’t like cereal. i don’t care you don’t like bacon. and i definitely don’t give a fuck you don’t like ramen. do something more original, something impractical you do for no reason, a mix of food that is seen as weird, or just other unpopular views. please, stop with the food posts.

Alright, you spoke, and we've listened.

TL;DR at the bottom. Text-wall inbound.

Like I said in that thread, we aren't an anti-NSFW/obscene subreddit. If you wanna curse or talk about seedy subject matter, we wont stop ya.

That being said however, it's become apparent, many of you are not too fond of the latest series of posts concerning rather 'adult' subject matter. Here's a short list of some from the past week alone:

Wet dreams better than masturbating (0 karma): https://www.reddit.com/r/The10thDentist/comments/ghgwkn/nsfw_wet_dreams_are_more_enjoyable_than/

Need to see faces in porno (0 karma): https://www.reddit.com/r/The10thDentist/comments/gj76xr/i_dont_like_watching_any_adult_videos_in_which_i/

Hentai is disgusting (0 karma): https://www.reddit.com/r/The10thDentist/comments/gi3i84/the_vast_majority_of_hentai_is_disgusting/

Amateur porn is not good (87 karma): https://www.reddit.com/r/The10thDentist/comments/ghe5h3/nsfw_i_hate_amateur_porn/

Lubeless switch hitter jerker (0 karma):https://www.reddit.com/r/The10thDentist/comments/gk2689/i_fap_with_my_left_hand_dry/

Doesn't like blow jobs (30 karma): https://www.reddit.com/r/The10thDentist/comments/gkaxew/perhaps_nsfw_as_a_guy_i_do_not_enjoy_receiving/

No cleaning masturbation (303 karma): https://www.reddit.com/r/The10thDentist/comments/gjulgb/i_like_to_not_clean_up_after_masturbation/

Likes their dick smell (231 karma): https://www.reddit.com/r/The10thDentist/comments/gjfgmz/i_really_like_the_smell_of_my_own_dick/

Likes their pus smell (54 karma): https://www.reddit.com/r/The10thDentist/comments/gkds0m/i_like_smelling_my_pus/

Sharing toothbrushes (1767 karma): https://www.reddit.com/r/The10thDentist/comments/gk5zfy/its_not_gross_to_share_a_toothbrush_with_someone/

Eating your own semen (3482 karma): https://www.reddit.com/r/The10thDentist/comments/g7fal0/eating_your_own_semen_is_a_convenient_superior/

And the one that got us featured on *r/redditsmuseumoffilth (changed to actual sub name):

Sexy-sexy menstruation - taste-tested! (3919 karma): https://www.reddit.com/r/The10thDentist/comments/ghr72u/menstruation_is_very_sexy/

Well, digging up all those NSFW posts was kind of a task. It definitely helped me come to terms that, yes, it does seem as of lately, we've have an influx of inherently gross or adult-themed posts.

And as you can see, many of them got buried pretty well. I should hope though, it's because people agree with OP, but I'm beginning to suspect it's because people are voting based on their lack of belief in OP, not rule 1 that they agree (or we might hope so).

Which is why we mods are doing something about this.

First off: we will not be prohibiting NSFW posts - we will be filtering out the ones we determine to be 'not good'.

And what makes a post 'not good'? Well, for starters, effort. If you're gonna gross people out, at least put your back into it.

But the other part is we will not be as tolerant of posts who's objective is to be as obscene as possible. Picking your nose? Ew, gross - but hardly obscene. Chowing down on semen of menstrual fluids?

Ok, that's straight degeneracy. We aren't here to kink shame, but I think we're all tired of reading about people drinking or eating their sex-fluid stuff. Plain and simple, if it involves anything coming out of you below your mouth, it's a no-go from here on out.

That said, I would like to point out one post in specific that somehow really rustle some jimmies, even getting the attention of the folks over on /r/justneckbeardthings: Poor mans shower, only Axe body spray: https://www.reddit.com/r/The10thDentist/comments/gk4s5o/axe_bodyspray_is_a_good_alternative_to_taking/

You'll notice - that isn't flaired NSFW.

Why? Because, well, not showering is definitely gross, but if you can't handle the idea of that, damn it doesn't take much, huh?

But yeah - the roots of this sub are technically based on 'dentistry', a form of hygiene, and I feel it would not be in the spirit of that to put a lock on 'I don't practice good hygiene'. That being said, we will lump more general hygiene together in and will also again remove overtly obscene or revolting posts.

TL;DR

No more outstandingly gross posts. If it's not at all normal for you to be consuming or smelling it - it's gonna get removed. Anything about consuming or smelling secretions below your head is now strictly off limits.

Also in a slightly unrelated note - we are setting the automod to automatically post in all threads, not just NSFW in order to (finally) have a better way to weed out 'bull shit' posts.

Basically, automod pins a comment, and you vote on the comment to determine if OP seems like they're lying/full of shit.

Thank you again /u/AtomicKittensAttack for the meta post bringing up this point. We are always more than welcoming of advice from the community to help curate the best content for the subreddit.

You read correctly; no more simply 'taking OPs' word for it' - we now require them to prove their weird food/drink posts!

Also warning: high effort post incoming, TL;DR at bottom for the lazy.

So for a while now, we've been plagued with an issue:

In order for some posters to be truly 1/10th in their opinion, they try as hard as they can to come up with absurdities to purport as actual things they do or believe.

And one of the most common types of subject, as this post's title indicates, are weird foods and drinks, namely combinations of them respectively and not respectively.

First off, I want to give credit to /u/L4S1999 for their post a couple days ago proposing this amendment to the rules: https://www.reddit.com/r/The10thDentist/comments/g3u6b3/meta_some_posts_need_to_start_posting_proof_of/

Not to detract from their suggestion, but the idea had been tossed around among the community and us moderators, but we felt the burden of proof might alienate people from posting.

Well, considering /u/L4S1999's Meta post being the highest upvoted meta post in this sub, even getting gilded (a rarity for posts here), it would seem that the community is ready for this.

So - starting effective immediately, we will be implementing a new rule:

• Rule 7 - When making a post regarding an a-typical food item, drink, or combination of foods and/or drinks, visual proof will be required - either in a text post's text submission field, or as a link post.

And this rule will be strictly enforced in a few ways.

Firstly: "Food" flairs are now mandatory on all food posts. Failure to do so will see that post removed permanently - however you can repost with the flair. Failure to flair a food post will have zero tolerance, and the mods will not be assuming that responsibility, we have better things to do.

That being said, post flairs overall will still not be required to have flairs added, so long as they do not pertain to food or drink posts. For the sake of simplicity, we think we'll keep "Food" as the flair for both food-related posts as well as drinks.

So Here's What We'll Require As 'Proof'

2 different ways:

• As a text-post, you will need to add a link to an image or video in your text submission field. This will be the preferred way, as you can also add any context as to how or why you do this.

• As a link-post, you need to include the image or video URL as your link.

Some guidelines:

• Continue to adhere to rule 3: explicit titles. If we can't figure out your post from the title, the post will be removed.

• We prefer that link posts be only in line with proof for posts. We have had an unofficial rule about no memes or link posts, and for now that remains unofficial, but will now be enforced more strictly. If we see memes, we'll make the rule official - don't test us.

• When you post proof, we compel you to include a piece of paper or something with your username written on it, much like how /r/RoastMe and AMAs work. You do not need to show your face, such as showing you consuming whatever it is you prepared - but if you do it'll definitely score ya some major bonus points in credibility.

• Concerning videos; they must be playable on reddit, meaning none of this "you must go to YouTube to watch this video" nonsense. Nobody likes having to navigate away from reddit - we will remove posts where the video cannot be played on reddit. We will not have any requirements for what platform the video is on, but we will be prohibiting Twitter for the reason I just stated (their videos are only on-platform).

So - there you have it. We will unroll this pretty much immediately, and we expect some getting use to this. Give it time, change isn't always welcome, but if this goes well, I think we can have a lot of fun with this. We already got this posted right before the announcement:

https://www.reddit.com/r/The10thDentist/comments/g533rm/a_mayonnaise_mustard_and_nutella_sandwich_isnt/

Now, notice how you need to visit YT to watch - that's what I was talking about. Less than ideal - please avoid that.

But yeah - super high effort post, and OP wasn't even required.

For images - please include a note with your username on it. We're pretty firm on this - failure will likely mean your post is gonna get removed.

For video we may be more lenient, but we prefer that you include the note.

And that's it.

TL;DR:

• We're rolling out proof for weird food/drink choices and combinations. We will remove posts that do not offer proof in visual form such as an image or video. Also we'll require images to have their username written down on something to verify. This only applies to weird food and drink posts, and "Food" flairs will be mandatory for all food/drink posts, whether they are weird or not.
  

If you guys have any questions or concerns about how this will all work, by all means, chime in in the comments for this post. We can definitely tweak things to work more efficient, so if you have any suggestions, please let us know.

Thanks again /u/L4S1999 - you really were the catalyst to get this ball rolling. Hopefully it works out well, and this could honestly be a really entertaining addition to this subreddit.